What I wish I had known when starting my development career
Dear new developer, I struggle with envy. I find one kind particularly insidious. It's the envy I have of someone I know online. I'll see someone younger than me, or less experienced than I am, or less knowledgeable than me. But they somehow have 10x the Twitter followers, or have been asked to headline conferences, … Continue reading Try to feel inspired, not envious
This is a guest post from Eddie Jaoude. Enjoy. Dear New Developer, I will be the first one to tell you that it is not essential to have a degree in computer science to become a developer. My own journey started with a degree in engineering and falling into code as a mix of a … Continue reading Make it open source
Dear new developer, If you don't know what you don't know, it's hard to learn it. There are so many resources for learning, but if you can't find them, you're going to have a hard time taking advantage of them. Sometimes you need to spend time learning what you need to spend time learning. That … Continue reading Google can’t help if you don’t know the words
Dear new developer, The command line is a powerful tool, and writing shell scripts lets you write a series of commands once and replay them any time you like. But sometimes you will write a series of commands without putting them into a script. This may be because you are exploring a problem or because … Continue reading Use your shell’s history
Letters To A New Developer 